The GLAD technique is a gratitude practice to boost mood and positivity. It stands for Gratitude, Learning, Achievement, and Delight. Each night, practitioners write one thing they were grateful for, learned, accomplished, and found delightful that day as part of their wind-down routine. Doing this daily helps rewire the brain to identify positive aspects of each day. The document provides an example GLAD note and instructions to implement the worksheet at the end of each day.
The GLAD technique is a gratitude practice to boost mood and positivity. It stands for Gratitude, Learning, Achievement, and Delight. Each night, practitioners write one thing they were grateful for, learned, accomplished, and found delightful that day as part of their wind-down routine. Doing this daily helps rewire the brain to identify positive aspects of each day. The document provides an example GLAD note and instructions to implement the worksheet at the end of each day.
The GLAD technique is a gratitude practice to boost mood and positivity. It stands for Gratitude, Learning, Achievement, and Delight. Each night, practitioners write one thing they were grateful for, learned, accomplished, and found delightful that day as part of their wind-down routine. Doing this daily helps rewire the brain to identify positive aspects of each day. The document provides an example GLAD note and instructions to implement the worksheet at the end of each day.
THE GLAD TECHNIQUE AT THRIVEGLOBAL.COM. IN WHICH THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWS JOR-EL CARABALLO- A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND CO-CREATOR OF VIVA WELLNESS CENTER IN BROOKLY, NY
"THE GLAD TECHNIQUE IS AN ITERATION OF
A GRATITUDE PRACTICE THAT CAN HELP PROVIDE A BOOST IN MOOD AND POSITIVITY. IT'S ALSO A HANDY ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR GRATITUDE, LEARNING, ACHIEVEMENT (OR ACCOMPLISHMENT) AND DELIGHT.YOU CAN DO THIS NIGHTLY AS A PART OF YOUR WIND-DOWN ROUTINE TO PUT YOU IN A BETTER EMOTIONAL PLACE RIGHT BEFORE BED. AS AN EXAMPLE, MY GLAD NOTE FOR THE DAY MIGHT LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
G- I AM GRATEFUL FOR BEING ABLE TO
CONNECT WITH AN OLD FRIEND AS SOMETIMES I FIND IT HARD TO KEEP UP. A- TODAY I LEARNED A NEW STRATEGY FOR HELPING REDUCE BACK STRAIN WHEN I FIND MYSELF WORKING AT MY DESK FOR A LONG TIME. A- I FINALLY CROSSED THAT ANNOYING TASK OFF MY TO-DO LIST. D- I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THIS MORNING I STUMBLED ON A QUOTE THAT REALLY STRUCK ME, IN A GOOD WAY, AND IT TOTALLY MADE MY DAY.
IMPLEMENT THIS SHEET AT THE END OF
EACH DAY. IN DOING SO, YOU RE-WIRE YOUR BRAIN TO IDENTIFY THESE GOOD THINGS AS YOUR DAY UNFOLDS. DATE
DAILY GLAD TECHNIQUE
WORKSHEET THE GLAD TECHNIQUE LIST ONE THING THAT YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR TODAY: